150 fteMlgtmxn €mms taugelist. Thursday, hay it, moo. B. C. HOUGHTON, ) JOHN W- MEAES, j EDITOBS ‘ ASSOCIATED WITH * ALBERT BARNES, I GEORGE DUFFIELD Jn. . THOMAS BRAINERD, JOHN JENKINS, HENRY DARLING, 1 THOMAS J. SHEPHERD, THE PRINCETON REVIEW AND “THE ELOHIM.” In the last number of the Biblical Reper tory, there is an able review of “The Elohim Revealed in the Creation and Redemption of Man, by Rev. Samuel J. Baird, D. D., Pas tor of the Presbyterian Church, Woodbury, N. J.” The article is written, as is supposed, by Prof. Hodge. It is in the professor’s mas terly style, and it completely demolishes the fa vorite theory of the learned pastor. Prof. Hodge and Dr. Baird claim to be or thodox ministers of the Old School Presbyterian Ohnroh, and they are recognised as competent expounders of the word of Cod, and the doc trines of the Westminster Confession. Were we to call in question either the ability or or thodoxy of these gentlemen, we should be re garded by all the Old School, and many of the New School brethren, as presumptuous in the highest degree. We will not, therefore, dare to expose ourselves to such a censure. We will simply state what the professor thinks of the pastor’s theory, and what the pastor thinks of the professor’s, and leave our readers to judge, if what they affirm of each other’s the ories be true, and if their respective theories are embraced by any considerable number of the ministers and elders of the Old School, whether that branch of the church is any longer the united, the harmonious, and orthodox body it claims to be. The charges of heresy preferred against the New School by the signers of the Act and Testimony, and subsequently by Dm. Wood and Cheeseman, are not more sweeping than those preferred by the professor and pastor against each other’s theory of the way in which the posterity of Adam became involved in ruin through his transgression. The review is, at times, terribly caustic; and the animus of the article bespeaks the professor’s conscious superiority in intellect, learning, and orthodoxy. The professor is generally disposed to speak as one having authority, and to rebnke With severity those who presume to disparage his teachings. This peculiarity is conspicuous in the article under consideration; and from the quotations from “The Elohim” it would seem that Dr. Baird is not lacking in these attributes either, though he has less to sustain his claim. It is not our purpose to express any opinion on the point in dispute by these learned doctors. We do not now condemn or justify either the ory, though we must confess that while reading the review we were impressed with the folly and evil tendency of theorizing on the facts of the Bible, and exalting these theories to the lofty position of divine revelations, and demanding that they be adopted, on pain of being charged With a denial of the facts themselves. The faots are divine, the theories human; and while the fact of the apostacy of the race, in conse quence of Adam’s first sin, is a stubborn truth, the theories by which it is accounted -for often perplex the mind, and cause doubt in relation to the fact itself. The more we muse on this subject the more we accord with Dr. Dwight, who says, when discoursing on human depravity as derived from Adam: “I have heretofore de clared that the manner in which the date of things became such, is not at all involved in the present discussion, I now observe farther, that I am unable to explain this part of the subject. Many attempts have been made to explain it, bat I freely confess myself to have seen none which was satisfactory to me, or which did not leave the difficulties as great and, for anght I know, as numerous as they were before. I shall not add to these difficulties by any imperfect expla nation of my own. At the same time, I repeat, that the fact in question is not at all affected by these difficultiea, and that a denial of this fact is perplexed with difficulties which are greater both in number and degree.” The point in controversy between Professor Hodge and Dr. Baird is in relation to the manner of accounting for the fact that the sin of Adam involved his posterity in sin and rain. The Pro fessor maintains that the immediate imputation of Adam’s sin to his posterity is the orthodox doctrine, “not peculiar to Calvinism;” that “it is as much inwrought in the theology of the Lu theran as in that of the Reformed churches.” And in the same connexion he declares that Dr. Baird’s position “is neither the old intelligible doctrine of the immediate imputation of Adam’s sin as not our own act, but the act of our divinely constituted head and representative; nor is it the equally intelligible, though erroneous and danger ous doctrine, that the thing imputed to us, and the primary and only ground (apart from our personal, actual transgressions) of condemnation, is the cor rupt nature derived from Adam. This, we say, is intelligible. We know rfhat a man means when he refers everything to the law of propagation and explains the derivation of a corrupted nature from Adam on the same principle that the asps of to day get their poison from the asps before the flood) This is, in one Bense, intelligible; but we defy any man to put any intelligible meaning on what Dr, B. says. Wherein he differs, or supposes he differs, from this doctrine, he deceives himself with words. He does not see that what he says means nothing.”—He adds, “In our opinion, Dr. B.’s theory, when stripped of its words without meaning, is nothing more than the familiar doctrine adopted by the more orthodox brethren of New England, who repudiate the idea of immediate imputation, and yet main tain the propagation of a morally depraved nature from Adam to his posterity." Page 346. In setting forth the “monstrous position” of the author of the Elohim, Dr. H, speaks thus:— “Apostacy/being an act of self-determination, it can be predicated only of persons; and if the apostacy of Adam can be predicated of us, then we existed as persons thousands of years before we existed at all. If any man believes this, then, as we think, he deceives himself and does not un derstand what he says. Dr. 8., however, asserts that be did thus act in Adam, and that he feels sorry for it. He teaches that we are bound to feel remorse and self-reproach for this act of self determination performed so many oenturies before self existed.” Page 357. Dr. Baird; on the other the theory of the Princeton Professor with being an impeach ment of the moral character of God. He says: “If there is any one principle which shines forth on the pages of the Scriptures with a light as of the noon-day sun, it is that thus attested. It is, that at the bar of God every man shall be judged and rewarded in precise accordance with his de serts; which certainly have respect to the attitude of the soul and its affections, as well as the actions of the life. When the Scriptures speak of the justice of God, the meaning ‘is not obscure nor doubtful. We are plainly-and abundantly taught that the rule of his judgment is his law, which is the only criterion of merit and crime; that there are but two classes recognised at his bar; namely, those who are conformed to the law or righteous, or those who are not conformed, and are, there fore, criminal or sinners; and that God’s justice consists in the fact that to these severally he will render a reward appropriate and precisely propor tionate to their desert.”—Review, pages 368,369. Dr. Hodge treats the views of Dr. Baird as unin telligible, and, so far as their meaning is discovered, unsound. He says they are “neither sound nor discriminating,” and that Dr. Baird advocates “principles more entirely subversive of the system of doctrine taught in our standards’-' than he (Dr. H.) was at first aware. He adds: “It would be difficult to find in the writings of Soeinians or Pe lagians more sweeping, emphatic and bitter denials of the principles on which the great doctrines of satisfactionahcf justification. > »esfc, than are to he found'in this book. How does Dr. Baird avoid these conclusions from his principles? He at tempts it in two perfectly inconsistent and con tradictory ways.” And he closes his review of the book thus: “We feel bound to enter a solemn protest against doctrines which we firmly believe subvert our whole system of faith, and to be in consistent with the preservation of evangelical re ligion.” Dr. Baird returns‘the compliment by pronouncing the views of the Professor, and those who agree with him, as being “Manichean, Pe lagian, and atheistical,” and their advocates as “Pharisees who make clean the outside of the cup and the platter,” and that these principles involve the assumption “ that holiness is no more in har mony with God’s nature than sin, truth no more pleasing to him than a lie.” These are hard charges, and: could, we persuade ourselves that they are well founded we should still be prompted by charity to think these learned divines better than their theology. We do not,' after all, think them to be so heretical as they seem to think each other, nor can we persuade ourselves that they will, on reflection, after all the severe things they have said, deny that each still holds the essential truth. Should we be mistaken in this matter, we will expect to hear of charges being tabled against each other. The professor is confident, no doubt, that his views would be sustained by a large majority of the church, and yet, perhaps, Dr. Breckinridge, and the Stapfer tbeory men, in such an emergency, if they did not fully sustain Dr. Baird, might hesitate to sanction the position of the Princeton professor; and hold the immediate imputation theory in abeyance. This book of Dr. Baird, and the re cent work of Dr. Breckenridge, show that Prince ton is not the only fountain of knowledge in the 0. S. Presbyterian Church. Danville and Allegheny and Chicago claim to have a right to teach theology too, and to expound the doctrines of the standards; and it will be a marvel if they can all teach the same doctrine, ipsissimis verbis. There seems to already, and what the future history of that church will unfold, no mortal can divine. One thing is certain, they must yield the ipsissima verba construction of the Standards, and take the position of our own branch of the Presbyterian church—the position of the entire church from the first: we mean that which admits of the existence of articles in onr stand ards, which are “ not essential and necessary in doctrine, worship or government,” and tolerates differences of. opinion upon articles judged to be such. Unless the new basis is repudiated, and that branch of the Presbyterian church is again planted on this original foundation, its future must be attended with difficulties that will mar its harmony, if not peril its existence as a deno mination. And yet we cannot discover any way' for its restoration to these primitive principles of the Presbyterian church of America, where these difficulties must not be encountered. THE ENCHANTMENT OF DISTANCE. Esse quam vlderl. “No man is a hero to his own valet.” “Fa miliarity.breeds contempt.” These proverbs con vey a truth, which in some of its illustrations is deeply humiliating. There is an .upper and ah under side to character. There is a public arid a private manifestation of the same individual, in volving great contradictions. Some there are, resembling the moon, in that they always manage to keep their illuminated side to us or to the public, while to others, in a different relative posi tion, they are a waste of darkness, unrelieved by a single ray of truth or goodness. It is a pity that the dark side of men’s natures should so often he reserved for their families, and that their power to please should be quite expended on the wider circles of the fashionable or the business world. It is a pity that a father should be cour teous and agreeable to his customers; his clients, his patients, and inconsiderate of the feelings, and careless of the minor comforts of'the household. It is a pity that only such as associate with the wife in the remote relations of fashionable life, should commend and admire her, and seek her so ciety, while the moment she vanishes into the nar rower circle of home, the cloud of graces which en circled her should disperse, and peevishness, dis content, and neglect of home duties should take their place, repelling those who should be the nearest, and for whose regard she should care the most. We fear there is many a young woman who holds from one to a half-a-score or more of admirers under an enchantment, due mainly to the distance at which she can hold them. One glance at the inner side of her character, at its involun tary manifestations, when under no powerful mo tive to appear well, would dispel the delusion. It is only because yon cannot climb over to the other side that your luminary appears so invariably bright and pleasing. We repeat, it is humiliating to he obliged, as we sometimes are, so largely to reduce our estimate of persons with whom we have come into close relations, or of whose inner cha racter some unexpected revelation bas been made. Like the Psalmist in analogous circumstances, we are inclined in our haste to say :—all men are liars. Literary men and the public in general are just now undergoing a sort of disenchantment as to the character of the renowned Alexander Yon Hum boldt. Only a few months ago, a mourning, as sincere as it was general, was made over the burial of this distinguished and venerable philosopher. All orders of society joined in a tribute of respect to his memory. The royal'household which had titan tniaw attfl (Snusci (jgyawtjeli^t, ever seemed to delight in honoring him when living, neglected not this last opportunity of testi fying their regard to one long esteemed as the or nament of his country, and of the court in which he so meekly and calmly moved. Down to the grave he went, covered with staTS, and crosses, and decorations, and charity strove to discover evi dence that so devout a. student of nature had not omitted to acquaint himself savingly with nature’s God. Pens and tongues everywhere were busy in describing, eulogizing, and popularizing the man and his works. Surely one could not have lived to such an age an unsuspected hypocrite! But here it is—a judgment out of his own mouth; Humboldt, a self-convicted hypocrite, —or something very like it, —carping, railing, dissatisfied, spiteful, sneering at royalty in a manner unreasonable to a repuhlioan, and at his royal ,friends in a manner really mean and dis graceful; turning from their- acts of sincere kindness to sit down at his table and write sar castic criticisms upon'them, and retail scandals concerning them; hinting that the idea of a God is a creation of the theologians, delighting in Strauss’ Life of Christ,: describing the clergy as knowing how to enslave mankind anew, and re vealing to us the extent of his hopes for the fu ture in the following words io a friend: “l am al ways very much attached to this life, having learned from you that, according to Kant’s doe trinej ihere'is not ■ milcbTto hoast of after dissolu tion.” Here it all is; in the shape of confidential letters, .which the recipient, who must have had slender claims to confidence, has seen fit to give unreservedly to the publio. Much', very much of the seeming nobleness of Humboldt’s character is dissipated forever by these revelations. That philosophic calmness and gran deur in which we were wont to imagine the life of the profound thinker was passed, is shown to be a fiction. I-lis easy readiness in receiving the fa vours of princes, and his apparently cordial acqui escence in the position of a royal favorite, are shown to have been, false and insincere. That re serve on matters of religion, to a great degree cha racteristic of his works, which might have been ascribed .to a condition of doubt: —a deficiency of faith—-is now shown to have been the veil to hide a positive state of disbelief, and a sneering rejec tion of some of the main articles of the evangeli cal faith. We cannot say that we greatly deplore these re velations. They will break the force of the phi losopher’s moral influence upon the multitude. The general tendency of his-writings has been to remove from rnenV conception of the universe the idea of a personal God, and his transcendent abi lities and popular style have made him dangerous. But people must have confidence in the general sincerity of the man to whose leadings they com mit-themselves, and that which damages the cha racter, damages also the influence, even of a man of great genius. The power which Humboldt, as a man of unquestioned uprightness and’ integrity, would have wielded, is gone. : It is clear now to all, that a sincere evangelical faith would have made Humboldt a better man—a nobler character —and would have saved his friends the mortifica tion of such disclosures. The importance of cha racter, to which the glare of genius so often blinds ns, is here re-asserted, and the superior honorable ness and safety of his position illustrated who “is as he seems;”; especially in view of the liability we are all under of having our characters some day turned inside out, and thrown open to the most intimate inspection of any who may concern themselves in us. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. To-day 'the General Assembly commences its sixty-sixth session, in the city of Pittsburg, the first session held there since the disruption. That city is a place of deep interest to every stu dent pf our church’s history. It was there that in the year 1835' the famous case of Mr. Barnes was brought to an issue, and the injunction of si lence which had been placed upon his lips by the Synod, and to which he had calmly and gracefully submitted; was removed by a vote cf almost two to one. Nothing could have been more fitting than his election as a Commissioner to the Assem bly, once more meeting on the ground of those memorable scenes. There, too, in the same year,, and before the same Assembly, met the convention, called by the signers of the notorious Act and Tes timony to measures for the overthrow and exscision of such men as Mr. Barnes, and those Sympathizing" with him: measures which were unsuccessful at the time, but which, two years later, by-means of an accidental majority were carried into effect. ; But these events are matters of history, with which the body meeting there just a quarter of a century later will concern themselves but little. God has given them a work to do for to-day and for the future, quite sufficient to occupy their thoughts and energies. Pirm in the consciousness of the rectitude of their position, elevated with a sense of their high and important mission to per petuate anA extend the . usefulness of their own Church, guided by.the clear indications of Provi dence on every hand, as men that have under standing of the times to know what Israel ought to dp, they will go on laying deep the foundations and rearing the structure of a distinct and specific organization; having its own work to do and its own high calling to accomplish, in the subjugation of a rebellious world to Christ. We have, already, in a previous issue, indicated our views of the character of the business likely to come before the body. Our own denominational enterprises and our relations to other bodies of Christians, particularly our Congregational bre thren, will demand the prayerful and careful at tention of the Assembly. That they will be at tended to wisely and well, we have not the shadow of a'doubt. We have no fears but that a due self respect and sense of our own responsibilities as revealed to us by Providence, will .mingle with a high-toned Christian courtesy in our dealings with all others. Glancing over the list of Delegates we perceive that the Assembly will fairly represent the experience, the wisdom and the ability of the Church. Guided, as we believe they be, in the exercise of these qualities; by the presence of the great Head of the Church Himself, we antici pate a happy issue of their labors: a real impulse communicated to the life of the Church in. its im portant enterprises, and, if not a final solution, encouraging progress in the solution, of the em barrassing questions which have lain in our'way. OBR ASSEMBLY WELCOMED. The Presbyterian Banner, the O. S. paper in Pittsburg, thus welcomes our Gene ral Assembly to that city: THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN PITTSBURG. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, (N. S.) will meet in this city, On the 17th inst., in the Third Presbyterian Church. This Assembly; if . fully convened, will consist of about two hundred and fifty members;’’;but with Delegates from other Churches, Committees, Foreign Missionaries, visitors, &c., we may expect the presence of three hundred guests or more. The sessions of the body may be expected to con tinue from eleven to fourteen days; and will oe | open to all. Many of our people, doubtless, wi feel it to be a privilege to attend. Christians show intelligence and taste, as 'well as courtesy, by their presence at such gatherings of God’s servants. We proffer to ouc b**tb reD a eor^* welcome; and feel assured. School Presbyterians will open, to them tleijhhearts and houses. The two Assemblies are more alike than are any other branched of the Christian family- The authorized public exposition of their Faith; Order, Discipline, and Worship, is expressed in the very same words; and in the actual manifestation of their -religion, they bear to each otheta resemblance so extended and minute, that strangers cannot sec the differ ence. Even among themselves it is but their theologians who capiptfint outdissimijarities. For the sake of these it is well to keep up separate Ecelesiastical Couacils: But in brotherly love, personal regard, kitfJijftentiphs, and in all efforts for the conversion and Sanctification of men, there should be an entire cordiality. ' The committee of airrangemcnts have invited the Commissioners to meet and spend Wednesday, the 16th, the day before the organization, in spe cial religious services, i Some of the pastors and laymen will come ffom scenes of revivals; their hearts being full of tie subject, we may expect the day to be one of peculiar interest. To this meeting especially, would we invito all the churches in the city. *'' Prayer and supplication will be made, not only for one Assembly and one branch of the but for all similar convo eifeoiiB^a4d'fiw.-riMfefciiieig> af?tli6 Tiord’B Zion. Especially may wlmpg\tha,t a revival of religion in this city, will be tub burden of many earnest entreaties. THE ASSEMBLY OF THE “OLD SCHOOL” . ' church. •; This body meets (q-day, at Rochester,, RL Y. Among the important items of .business likely to be brought before it, am the proposed revision of the Book of Discipline, tjbe management of seiubly’s Board of Wbtieation, and the position of the Assembly in relation to the various volun tary societies sustained by Christians generally. Upon all these topicsthere exists a wide diversity of opinion. As to tie last point, the Presbytery of passed a resolution, endorsing the action of the last General Assembly, which was adverse to the recognition of such societies by the Assembly, and requesting their commissioner, Dr. W. L. Breckenridge,’ i Moderator of the last Assem bly, to sustain thatadtion. But Dr. Breekenridge and his alternate decline the appointment on the ground of.sljch a requirement, and the Presbytery was obUgSf, at an adjourned meeting, to appoint others in their place. Dr. Brecken ridge, therefore, not f eing a commissioner, he will not be present to prdffch the opening sermon. So we are informed by our contemporary, the Presby terian. As to the ijanagement of the Board of Publication, the attack appears to have been led on by Rev. Dr. Edwards, of this city, in the form of letters to the Nfirth Carolina Presbyterian , complaining of • extravagance in. the expendi tures of the Board. Dr. R. J. Breekenridge has already had to do service in newspaper defences of the Revised Books of Discipline, and may have to do more in the fbpn of debate on the floor of the Assembly. . Presbytery of Tombeekbee have adopted a memorial to the Assembly, ask ing, that steps may pe taken to prepare a Church Commentary, which may bring up that whole ques tion again. Wheiber the subject of slavery will, as heretofore, be by this body, we do not know. A new relroh for expecting its speedy agitation smoa^ them, k given iq the columns of the Presbyterian oflast week. It is in the form of a request that ice, whom it styles “our philan thropic brethren/’ will unite with ub in praying that the storm may be averted.” We fear that it is only a feeling of imminent and urgent neces sity that can open eyes of our neighbor to the value of our prayers in its behalf! As they are looking around for help from us, and “good men” generally, there would seek to be considerable ap prehension of the actual nearness of the storm. We freely join their jname with that of our own body, that they may be led to take action worthy of God’s free men, and of the Presbyterian name on this and on all other questions. ;; . - , THE ECLECTIC TRUE BOOK. The: long expected Eclectic ; Tune Book, has come to hand. Tfe* account which it gives of itself in its externaf appearance, its name, title pages, and preface, 'is highly satisfactory. The cover strikes the eye)' pleasantly; its color, is new> attractive, and unpretentious. Thd names of William B. Bradbury: as Editor, and of the Mason Brothers, (sons of'ike-'great master of sacred harmony) as publishers jointly with the, Presbyte rian Publication' Committee, the fair, clear, and open music type, the distinct headings, and the alphabetical arrangement of the tunes combine to give the book an impress of success in its impor tant mission. Looking more closely wc find in the tunes theniselvtjs;' both old and new, .selected from those accounted most popular, effective and chaste of the most eminent composers, living and dead, a rich store-house of sacred music. The seventy or more occasional pieces for the opening and closing of worship,, and other special occasions, are-finely varied as to style and subject, and skil fully adjusted, each to its theme. They seem also generally simple, and easily read. These are the impressions made by a first ex amination . of thia fcAjteom e book, issued by the Publication the ; recommendation of the General Assembly. Prom the fact that it is the result of r effort to 'learn the real taste off the churches, we anticipate’ for it success. The editor (Mr. Bradbury) has not been sparing of labor upon it, and the collection shows that all of the best composers'are well represented in it. Nor should we omit saying that to the Eev. J. G. Butler, of West Philadelphia, the book owes much for the persevering zeal with which he has given it his services as a member of the committee to which it was referred^ DEATH OP PETER PARLEY. Mr. S. G. Goodrich, known ; to the juvenile world by that household name Peter Parley, died at his residence in Boston,on Wednesday, the 9th inst., in the sixty-seventh year of his age, having been horn August 19th, 1793, at Ridge field, Conn. About the year 1816 he commenced business as a publisher in Hartford, and continued it Until 1823, when h«t went to Europe. There he remained for visiting England, France, Germany and Holland. Upon his return to this country he began the publication of those juvenile books, which; under the soubriquet of Peter Parley, have made him not only famous, but like an old and familiar .friend to every child who knows how to read. We well remember the in tense delight with which we spelled out, for we had just learned the * mystery of reading, his “Winter Evening Talks,” “Travels in Africa,” &c., a few years after their first publication. Perhaps no writer has written so much and so well for children, andi,with so uniformly an ele- vating and moral influence. Witt hini indeed may be said to have commenced an era in child literature; and as he introduced it he had held his place in it, easily, the first among all his con temporaries. He began in 1828 the publication of an Annual called The Token, and continued it for fourteen years. The poems and some prose articles con tributed to this were published in a volume in 1841. In 1851 all his poems were collected and published in an illustrated edition. In the same year he was appointed TJ. S. Consul at Paris, which post he held until 1855. On his return to this country he published in two large volumes his « Recollections of a Life-time,” full of Hew Eng land scenes and incidents. He was the author of one hundred and seventy volumes, one hundred and sixteen of which bear his name. Almost se ven millions of these works have been sold. A CONCESSION. The Tennessee Baptist, a paper of the most exclusive “ close communion ” type, has an artipje in its issue of the sth inst., finding fault with “ Union Meetings,” and bewailing the participa tion of leading Baptists in the late National Con vention of delegates from Union Prayer Meetings in this city. In concluding it is obliged to make a concession painful to itself but refreshing to men of enlarged views in every denomination. „ ; Never was such.an.effort made on the ..part of error to beguile our people, and never an age when error found more professedly Baptist ministers and members willing to do. it reverence, and fellow ship it, in the name of Christian charily and liber ality. ANNALS OF THE POOR. The following was designed for an earlier insertion, buthasbeen deferred forwant of space. - THE YOUNG HOUSEKEEPER, Again, dear reader, -let us bend onr steps to ward the home of the poor. In passing up this alley we must choose onr path, for though it is used by so many persons as the passage to the street, yet the way is not even. Now we enter this yard, and climb this stair-way to the second floor, and knock upon the door. A pale, siekly looking girl, about twelve years old, pulls the door towards her, and looks out to see who is there. A faint smile of recognition crosses her womanish features as she bids ns “ Come in,” and then, drawing her thread-bare shawl, closer around-her neck, goes on clearing the cinders from the stove. This is our little housekeeper. “Where is your father?” ' “He is in the other room, at work.” We open the door and enter his work-room. There, before ns, sits a man perhaps forty-five years old, throwing his shuttle, for he, too, is a weaver. The continued confinement in-doors has given him a pale appearance, and added nothing to his health. He is evidently a sober man, and intelligence seems to be marked upon his face. The tick-e-te-tick peculiar to the movement of the loom has ceased, and now he listens to your missionary, and tells us the his tory of his family. Some years ago weaving was profitable, and he learned that business, and took to himself a wife. All seemed prosperous until a few weeks after the birth of his little girl, when his wife sickened and died. He and his infant child lived at boarding-honses until she grew to be some seven years pld, when he.rcnted two rooms. The paleness upon - the girl’s cheek is caused by the neglect of those who were as strangers to her; and most probably all through her life-time she will be sickly, and.she is now of a sad coun tenance. Weaving has gotten to be but a poor trade, (he makes $3 per week,) for lately some employers have cut a half cent per yard off the small pittance for weaving check. With this he is able to pay his rent of three dollars per; month, and provide food, with which he seems to be content.. His danghter keeps house for him, and also attends Sabbath School. He told ns he was unable to attend church, because his • clothing had become so very shabby, and he was . unable to renew it. I promised, trusting in God to supply him with means, to provide for his want. ' B. ' N: B.—• Any clothing, for men, women, or children, together with money, or any thing useful in mission purposes, are earnestly soli cited. .We hold ourselves ready to call upon any person who may wish us so to do, to talk about the mission. B. PRESBYTERIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The Librarian acknowledges the [following do nations:. From the Rev, William M. D., Philadelphia—l 7 Bvo aad 12mo volumes; very rare and interesting. 275 Theological pamphlets. A large collection of clerieal autographs. From tlie Rev. Lyman Coleman, D. D., Phila delphia—3so valuable Theological pamphlets. From the Rev. James M. Willson, Philadelphia —8 valuable 12mo and 18mo volumes, and nearly a set of the “ Covenanter,” From James Banks, Esq., Centenary Sermon and Address before the Presbytery of Fayette ville, by the Rev. Neill McKay and James Banks, Esq. .. ’ From the author—2 copies Memorial Sermon occasioned by the death of the Rev. P. E. Bi shop, by the Rev. I. S. Harris. From the Rev. Dir McKinney, D. D., Pittsburg, vols.'s;and 6 of the Banner and Atfwcofe, bound in one volume. From Mr. A. D, F. Randolph, New York— Rev. Dr. Hall’s History of the Presbyterian Church Trenton, New Jersey. Bvo. From the Rev. Thomas Brainerd, D. D., Phila delphia—History of Pine Street Presbyterian Church. ■ 12mo.’' From Mr. Joseph M. Wilton, Philadelphia— Presbyterian Almanac for 1859, and 10 sermons and pamphlets; 5 of them rare. From' the RCv. C. Foster Williams, Ashwood, Tennessee —2 vols. “ Weekly Recorder, 1817 and 1818,” a newspaper; rare. Also a number of manuscript sermons of the late Rev. I. W. Stephen son, "' ’ "' From William A. Whitehead, Esq., author, Newark, New Jersey—Contributions to East Jer sey History. Bvo. From the Rev. A. Barnes, Philadelphia—2B 12mo volumes, Commentaries, &e., his own pub lications. 454 valuable ptophlets; sermons, re ports, magazines, &e. : . From Thomas Sproull—so numbers of the Reformed Presbyterian. BVo. Periodical. From the Rev. A. G. Vermilye, Ncwburyport, Massachusetts—-Proudfit on the Parables; 2 ser mons by J S. P. Williams, and a number of rare pamphlets. • ' ’ ’ From the Rev. S.-K. Kdllock, D. D., Greenwich, New Jersey-—Account of the society for Promoting Religious Knowledge among the Poor. London, 1772. 4to. From the Rev. J. B«%gs—The Old Man Be loved,a half-centurysermonby the Rev. E. Osborn; a sermon on the death of Mr. Osborn by Mr. Boggs; and A Term of Adoption, a sermon, by the same. From the Rev. B. F. Stead, Astoria, New York —The American Preacher, vols. 1 and 2. Bvo. 179 i. Rare. , From Mr. Irvine, Philadelphia—lo valuable clerical portraits. From the Rev. John Forsyth, D. D., Newburgh, New York—Bl2mo. volumes of Polemic Theology, &c., valuable. Also a large number of valuable Theological pamphlets. ’ . T From the Rev. S. I. Prime, D. D., New York city—Crosby’s Annual Obituary, 1858; 3 Prune S History, Long Island, and 2 other volumes. From Messrs. Leavitt & Allen,New York—Rev. Dr.; J. J. Owen’s Commentaries on Mark, and Luke. 2 vols., 12mo. From the Rev. John Maclean, D.D., Prince ton, New Jersey—A bound volume, embracing various valuable pamphlets, his own productions. Bvo. , ... From William S. & Alfred Martien, Philadelphia - —Annan’s Letters on Psalmody. ,12mo. Rev. Daniel Baker’s Life and labours. 12mo: Hill 8 Crucifixion of Christ and Consideration of the ®f r " toon on the Mount/ 2 vols. Hymns of Worship, Owen’s Material for Thought, and 10otherl2mo. volumes of interest. - ’X-r ' From the Rev. George Patterson, Pietou, Nova- Scotia- —Biography and Remains of the Rev. J. Macgregor. 2 vols. 12mo. 1859. ' From the Rev. F. K. Nash, author, Gilopohs, N; Carolina—Circumcision and Baptism; 12mo. 1859;., ; . From James Bayard, Esq., from the Library ot the late E. F. Backus, Esq —36 volumes London Christian Observer. Bvo. 11 volume? Religious Intelligencer. Bvo. 11 volumes \!North JBTittsh-, London Quarterly, and Edinburgh Reviews. Bvo. 65 numbers North British, London Quarterly, and Edinburgh Reviews. Bvo. Numbers of Biblical Repertory from 1835 to 1859,- consecutive. Mi not’s History Rebellion in 1786 in manuscript, and 412m0. volumes. i . From the Rev* George McNeill, Eayetteville, North Carolina.—s Bvo. Sermons by Presbyterian ministers. , From the Rev." John Leyburn, D. IX, Philadel phia— 200 valuable theological pamphlets. Other donations received will be acknowledged again. ' Contributions to the Library earnestly solicited. - : . Samuel Librarian, 821 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. EDITOR’S TABLE. MANUAL OF GEOLOGY : Designed for the use of Colleges and Academies. By Ebekezeb Emmehs. Il lustrated with numerous Engravings. Second edition. New York: A. S. Barnes & Burr. For sale by Gaut . & Voikmar, Philadelphia. The object of the author of this work in present ing it to the public is not to. announce, any new theories, or to discuss unsettled questions touch ing the science of geology, but to give a; condensed yet comprehensive view of all the more leading and important facts already established. And in doing this he has given especial attention to the geology of our own country. This last feature of the work strikes us as an important one, and well calculated to increase the interest of the student in this comparatively new, bat interesting and important, branch of education. THE STORY OF A POCKET BIBLE. AhookforaU classes of readers. Ten Illustrations, Boston: Henry Hoyt, No. 9 Cornhill. We have noticed this hook in our columns once before as issued by Carlton & Porter, for the Me thodist Book Concern, and we believe it has also been, published by the American Tract Society. It is a valuable book, and we are glad to.see that it is having so wide a circulation. THE LIFE OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS. By James W. Sheahan; New York: Harper & Brothers, Pub- lishers. For sale by Lindsay & Blakiston, PhUada. This is a work of over five hundred pages; and embraces an almost complete record of the life and public; services of a man who now occupies a very conspicuous position in our country. The interest with which it is read, will, of course, de pend very much upon »f the reader. Yet it becomes every American citi zen to inform himself thoroughly upon all subjects touching the progress of events in our country, and the. men who .have a partita moulding its destiny. It will undoubtedly meet with a rapid and extensive sale. As a general thing, we have observed that works of this kind are more reliable and less eulogistic, when pnblished post mortem or post election. - . ■ . THE OLD RED-HOUSE. By the author of “Captain Russell’s Watchword,” Ellen Dacre,”&e. Boston:: Henry Hoyt, No. 9, Comhill. This is a book of nearly 400 pages, and con sists of interesting reminiscences of childhood and school-day life. It presents a beautiful illustra tion of the power of a Christian mother’s influence, and cannot fail to make a desirable impression upon its readers. For sale by W. S. &A. Martien. OLD LEAVE?: Gathered from Household-Words. By Henry Wills. New York: Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, /1860. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston.; . The title of this work is its own sufficient pass port. , It consists of a choice selection of .stories and other articles front Dickens’ “Household Words.” Those who hare seen them as they first appeared, will be glad to see them preserved in this form, and those who have not, eannot fail to be interested in them.. TYLNEY HALL. By Thoinas Hood. Boston: J. E. Tilton & Co. 1860. : •>. This is a novel by the author of the “ Song of the Shirt.”; The plot of the story is well laid, and the 'characters well sustained, : while it abounds with, humor and keen satire. For-sale by r W--.S. & A. Martien. CHILD’S BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY. Hlns : trating the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Rtnfe. doms; with Application to the Arts. By M. M: Caril. New York: A. S. Barnes & Burr. For sale by Gant * & Volkmar, Philadelphia. Although a work of modest pretensions, yet we think it rarely the ease that as much useful knowledge is imparted in a form so condensed, intelligible, and attractive, as in this volume. POPULAR HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By Mrs. Tho mas Geldart, author of “Truth ib Everything,” “Sto ries of Scotland,” etc., etc. New York: Sheldon& c °. For.sale by B. H. Butler & Co.: Philadelphia. This is the first volume of what the author in tends shall be a complete work of the kind. The present volume gives ns the history of Eng land from the y.ear 60, A. D., to the war of the Crusades. The object is not to supply' the place of the class-books of our schools, or the more voluminous works of Macaulay, Hume, &c„ hut to present in a popular, readable style, an outline of English history for those whose taste would not incline them to the study of the dry detail of facte as found in the former, or who have not the time necessary for the perusal of the latter It is handsomely got up, and is indeed a valuable book. AMERICAN HISTORY. ByJacob Abbott. Illustrated wRh numerous lVtaps and Engravings. Vblunm I. Aboriginal Amenca. New Yoijt : Sheldon & Co Bostoni Gould & Lincoln. When the name of Jacob Abbott is found upon the Me page of a work of this character; it seems wholly superfluous for us to express any opinion ° T, ltS B -° Wdely Spread and so universally acknowledged is his feme. Our young people cannot he f6o;famffiar with the history of their own country; and, we have no doubt, that the present Work, as its several volumes make their appearance, as profitable : to both pub lishcr andreader, as have others from the gifted pen of its author. %, /.< t SCONCE IN THEOLOGY. Sermons probed in a No: 23 North B'/O 1 Street. The prolific press is constantly sendmg forth works of a highly intellectual and philosophical Character, in which the foundations of our religion are re-examined and reaffirmed. The attacks u n . der the color qf S.cipnce ; the conceit of American Budhism, an d the pride bf German tranceudenta lism, are met by men who can expose their soph isms and demolish their spiritual nonsense, by the very instrument, reason, of which they boast tlm exclusive right to use: A timid theolog.an, when he sees, reason, science, philosophy, all arranged against religion, naturally trembles for the ark of God lest the heifers will overturn it, and all mil he lost: therefore, men, sometimes are found to distrust reason; or to join, m the sense less clamor against science and philosophy. Re llgion itself is the truest philosophy; theology is the highest science. Apparent discrepancies be tween theology’and the sciences, between the re velations of God in the Scriptures, and the disco veries" of the laws and facts of nature in the sciences, must be examined, re-adjusted, and har monised. Theology must again listen to secular discoveries;' must refuse them, or re-adjust its doctrines and ife methods to them, and the hum blest attempts made without sophistry in an honest and loving temper,' to aid in such desirable result, must surely be useful. 1, ... In nine bermois thb' Atlthor ably dismisses the philosophical principles fef Christianity; illustqi ting and defending its doctrines by science and metaphysics. We fead the chapter exhibiting the Divine Benevolence in the Economy op Pain, which we could feblih SlHts experimental force and application. We believe the boolf worthy of attention, as furnishing food for thought, and as suggesting principles, by which natural doubts may be solved and the understanding established and fortified against infidelity. members of the uext assembly. The following is the list of delegates primarii to the next General. Assembly sp far as we have been able to learn: \ ; S PreibylerusP s: Albany, ;SyNOD OF UtZOA* 0. Bartholomew, ;,. - T r, Blair, M. D., "j. M. MeGiiibrd,' J. S. Tpjlor. ••'■•vs’j • t v.r< . Synod oiGjsnesee. . Levi Parsons, Jr., L; J.,Ames, Alfred North, David Dickey, 'Natban Bosworth, DavidFancher, Genesee, 5.H.C0x,d,d.,i..:1.d,. Try-Wells, Niagara, A. McColl, ‘ J. Wilson, Buffalo, ■ A.T. Chester, ».i>i Thos. Farnham, ■ Gh. F. Mnssey, Sami: A, Brown, Genesee Talley, J. G.' Ogden, . W. Niles. Ontario,. Rochester, Synod or Geneva. Oliver P. Conklin, A.M. Boiler, M. s, Wm. j. Jemiings,' James M. FoW, J. Woodruff; , J. H. ffotchkin, T. Harrington, 0. Robinson, Wm. Wiener, n. n.,.)ohn Esty, W. N. McHarg,. . Dennis. Clark. Synod or Onondago. ■ E. A. Huntington,D.D. Albert H. Goss, Simon S. Goss, Wm. Atwood. Geneva, Bath, ; Chemung, Lyons, - ; # Cnynga,. Synod or Susquehanna. , A. McDougall, JohnS. Morse. Chenango, , . , Sy»OB or New.,Yo®k: aito New Jerset. North Eirer, Jonathan Silliman, Edward . Wells, New York, 3d, 'Walter'Clairke, H. Chrißty; 1 ' E. F. Hatfield, b.d. Chs. A.-Davidson, Rollin A. Sawyer, John G. Parker, NewYork,4tb, Henry M.Field, B. ALHarlley,.__, J. JP. Hovey, J. H. Bartholomew, J. F- Stearns, n.n. Peter Jacobus, J. M. Sherwood, < John ‘Murih. ' Long Island, Epher Whitaker,-■! M. D. Loper, Eockaway, B. C. Magie, J. L-, Allen, Montrose, Jas. B. McCreary, B. 8. Bentley. Newark, Synod or Penna., Wilmington, H. J. Gaylord, Lewis P. Busb, m. d. Phila., 3d, Henry Barling, ' Hon. Jos. Allison, • J. G. Butler, ' P. Fr&ier Smith, Phila., 4th, Albert Barnes, David Thomas, JohnJPLeod, J: M. Panl, M. D., Harrisburg, C; P. Wing, p.p.. Hon.MiM.McKinnj. Stnod orWibt Pshna. Wm.Grassic, ■ . Benj. R. Tuttle. 1 Synod of Michigan. • , - Detroit,. A. Eldridge, Hon.P. B.Thurston, Marshall, ,M. Gelston, C. Armstrong, Washtenaw, Th. Wright, Thos. Ladd, Kalamazoo, Wm. 8. Hoggins, X: H. Trask, Coldwater, Wm. Fuller, Levi Baiter, Saginaw, A. Scofield, F.Buros, Grandß. Valley, C. Smith, S. Wood. Synoboi* Westers Reserve. Portage, Geo. E. Pierce, ».d., . Huron, E. BushneU, C. Latimer, Trumbull, Isaac Winaris, Win. Laird, Cleveland, DauLsO: Blood, : ,David L. Atwater, Elyria, .. ...... D. A. Grosvenor, B. Sturtevant, James Shaw, W. A. Otis, Maumee, Wni. W. Williams, JohnE. Osborn. Grand River, J. M, Gfflett, Erastus Chester. .•- ’ ' _ Synod or Ohio. . Franklin, Edward D. Morris, J. McElroy. : : Stsod or Cikciwhatj. Cincinnati, »,H.AUen, n. n., A. Bpasley, sx. C. E. Babb, A. H.Hinkle, . j ; Martin, Hon; G. Wilson, John Hussey, G. T. Roots. Dayton, Hamilton, '• ■ Stood or Indiana. J. G. Atterboiy, Danl. Cortner, Indianapolis, T. A. Mills, J. (j. Wishard, Green castle, dos.G.Wilsoti, H. F. Blunt. Synod of "Wabash. Fort Wayne; Elroy Coras, ■ ■■: t Sain’l McClain, Doganaport, J. a. Carnahan; H.- W. Mann. &TNOT) Oy pEOBIA. . - XAmbrwWigkti^HeiB y. Smith, "•?*'Patterson, Wheeler. ;Synod op Wjsconsih. ■ • ■ Wm. Liusk, . Alqnson Henghson. «> - Synod,oplowa. __ v y Des Moines, John C. Erving, John J> 8 X»<>J> o* Alta Caltforkia. ®\.BeH,. / J. E. McDonald. Sicra Nevada, E. B. Wateworth. . . . ®**OD o* Mcssottki. Northern Miss;, W. W. Whipple, James Porter. Chiniquy and Ms Colony. —The Rev. Dr- Baird'has recently visitidthe French settlements in Illinois, under the care of “Father Chiniquy/ 7 and has published - the result- of His investigation. W 0 have room only for a'few brief extracts. Dr. Baird says: v,. , >v. - “I am compelled to acknowledge that, in its nature, extent, importance and promise, it far exceeds tbo opinion which I.'had formed of it. Certainly there been nothing like it in the history of this coun try, nor, indeed, in any other, since the XYlth cen tury?' Of Father Chiniquy, Dr. B. says: “The to ore I see of him the more confidence I have in him is it true man.” '■ • - Or- B. gives’ thh number of French Canadian fa milies which-have left the Church of Rome, to re ceive the gospel*these last three years, in Kankakee .and vicinity, as follows: St Anne, 375; ChateauviHe, (30 ; Kankakee City, lOOvPetites Isles, 30; Momence, 50 ! Borbonnais, 40; Middleport, 35; St. Marie, £0: EraWe, 15; Barren, 16 • Chicago, 125; Ava, 50. 1“ i |>R| 886 families, comprising near 6,200 persons. lay 17, x " - ; SYSOD’fIF ALBANT. S. X. Seely, E. A. Durant.